Humility is a prerequisite for achieving every God-inspired and God-breathed dream.
Pride is a dream killer and a dream stopper.
Humility is the fear of the Lord (Proverbs 22:4). To fear God is to reverence Him, acknowledge His existence, submit fully to His Word, recognize Him, and allow His Word to influence and determine our decisions, choices, and actions.
As Christians, Jesus is our example in everything. We see His exemplary humble attitude explained in Philippians 2:5-11.
From Jesus, we learn the 2 Drivers of Humility for a Christian…
1. A commitment to submitting fully to God and His Word
2. A consciousness that we are human just like any other man.
One driver of humility is having a consciousness that we are human just like any other man. Every man is human, irrespective of societal standing or achievements.
Having this awareness helps us not to think too highly of ourselves. Helps us not to overvalue or overestimate people OR undervalue or underestimate people.
Because if we undervalue or underestimate people there’s a tendency to mistreat and disrespect them. And if we overvalue or overestimate people, there’s a tendency to operate in false humility towards them.
Being human and identifying as such normalizes things for everyone, puts everyone on the same basic level hence no need to feel more important than anyone else.
Irrespective of our societal achievements or status, we respect every man everywhere and relate, and identify with them as humans.
When we understand and embrace the 2 drivers of humility we are positioned for greatness.
Please join me in this expository study on humility as given by the bible.